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5 positive things that can happen to you when you learn to let go
Learning to let things go is a challenge that all of us must face up to at some point in our lives. Mastering the art will improve your life immeasurably. The experience of something we depend on being taken away from us can stay with us for years, and even dictate the rest of our lives. Learning to let things go can change your life in several ways.
Here are some of the reasons why you should learn to let go;
- You will improve your overall health
One of the main psychological consequences of not being able to let things go is resentment when they are not taken from us. Not only does it not serve any purpose to be resentful about a loss, it can’t bring the lost thing back but it’s also harmful to our overall psychological and physical wellbeing. It’s important to expend your psychological energy on being mindful. Focus on getting yourself through life in the best possible way for you. If you are giving that energy to resenting the actions of another person or being bitter about life in general, you are literally giving your life force away to the thing that hurt you.
- You will feel stronger and more powerful
It’s helpful to learn in life that the things, situations, and people that you attach significance to are part of your experiences and not part of you per se. We often get very attached to people that have something that we feel we are missing in ourselves. We can also get attached to resentment for enemies because they also make us aware of a lack in ourselves. Understand that others can contribute hugely to who we become as a person, but we should understand that they exist independently of us, and we of them. Once you let go of things, situations, and people that are no longer relevant to you, you appreciate the importance of treading your own path.
- You will allow positive things to enter your life
When we cannot let go of something that’s over, we close the door to any new opportunity for happiness. When you have let go, you begin to see the opportunities for new experiences. These could be even better than that which you lost. Give yourself time, don’t try frantically to replace what let your life, otherwise, the experience will not be natural and will, therefore, be unsatisfactory. Concentrate first on cultivating the characteristics you think would make you feel more whole and working out exactly what you want out of your life now.
- You will become a better person
Letting go, forgiving, and ceasing to put upon others’ backs the responsibility for our happiness or dissatisfaction are part of being a person whom you, and others, can respect and admire. Everyone knows how painful the loss of something you are attached to in your life is and how hard it is to get over an injustice. When you show that you can pick yourself off the ground and keep walking, that’s when people start to be impressed and inspired by your example.
- You will make better decisions for you
Bad experiences from the past can make us fearful of taking risks. Your experiences should inform your decisions, but fear should never be allowed to override reason. It’s helpful to remember that outcomes are never certain, no one situation is never the same as another. Once you have let go of the past and stopped your emotional attachment to it, you will be able to use the experience to inform your reason, not to control you.
